Marcel Aymé

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Marcel Aymé (March 29, 1902 - October 14, 1967) was a French novelist, children's writer and humour writer.

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[edit] Biography

Marcel Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Yonne département (Bourgogne).

He died in 1967 and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris.

[edit] Works

  • La jument verte (1933)
  • Les contes du chat perché (1934)
  • Le moulin de la sourdine (1936)
  • Le bœuf clandestin (1939)
  • La vouivre (1943)
  • Le passe-muraille (1943)
  • Clérambard (1950)

[edit] Memory

His works have inspired a number of movies, television shows and comic strips.

Visitors to Paris can see a monument in his honor at Place Marcel-Aymé, in the Montmartre Quarter. The statue is based upon his short story Le passe-muraille (The Walker through Walls).

[edit] See also

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